Kaffir Lime - a lesser known citrus fruit with many benefits

 Kaffir Lime 

The Kaffir Lime is also known as Combava or Mauritius papeda. This fruit is lesser known as compared to the other citrus fruits. It has many benefits to offer and the consumption of this fruit will be of great help in boosting your immunity and maintaining your health.

This fruit has a rough peel, sour taste, and pleasing smell which makes it so desirable. Mauritians are not much informed about this fruit and it is mostly available during the winter days on the island. This fruit is grown locally, and unfortunately, the people of the island is not able to discover this citrus fruit as it hardly reaches the market due to the presence of lime and lemon which are more famous and known by the consumers. The people prefer buying these citrus fruits instead. 

If kaffir lime is marketed along with the other citrus fruits, it might get some recognition and people shall benefit from what the fruit has to offer. The introduction of this locally produced fruit will definitely influence the importation of those commonly consumed citrus fruits, thus, reducing the cost of importation and preservation. The more people will discover this fruit, the more popularity the fruit will gain in the country and abroad. We never know, it might result in the exportation of this fruit for more people around the world to discover it.